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Sunday, July 22, 2012

BRAVO FOR BRAVE

Welcome to BRB, sweeties!
This is an odd post to be sharing on the blog, but I thought what the hell! I’m
a mother and part Scottish, so here’s a little movie review.

Everyone knows I love
Japanese anime, but I also love animation period, which includes Dream Works,
Sony Entertainment, Pixar and Disney animation. Over the years Disney has come out
with some fantastic films. Some of my personal favourites include Sleepy Beauty,
Beauty & The Beast and Mulan, to name just a few. And, last night my family
and I viewed the Disney Pixar production, Brave.

Synopsis:

The setting is Scotland, the
year, unknown and long ago, probably within the medieval era. A young Scottish
princess by the name of Merida is forced to choose a husband from three, rival
Scottish clans. Basically, Merida’s mother Elinor, the queen, has been primping
and preening her since childhood for this moment. Merida doesn't see things the
way her mother does and wishes for freedom–freedom to fall in love, freedom to
choose her own husband and be the women she wishes to be, not what everyone
else expects. The long and short of it, Merida rebels, her mother gets mad, and
they argue until the point of no return–a fight that causes Merida to do
something she deeply regrets later.

Brave is rated G and, oddly
enough, it is one of Disney’s more dark and violent films, and there are two
scenes with nudity, nothing major, but I thought perhaps relative to mention,
since it’s listed as a family feature. At one hundred and forty-two minutes,
this animation is really very well done, it’s different from Disney’s usual
choice of storyline, but that’s what makes it well worth the money. Chalked
with humour and beautifully CGed with memorable characters and a plot that
teaches a valuable lesson, I did love the movie, though I found it tailored
more for an adult audience. When Merida hurt her mother, my son turned to me
and said, “Love you, Mom.” I’m not sure if the movie touched a nerve with him,
or if he wanted to reassure me, he’d never hurt me like Merida hurt her mother.
Either way, the moral of the story came across loud and clear and he seemed to
appreciate it. Thank you Disney!

Bravo for Brave! I give
Merida and her quirky family 5 stars and I will definitely be adding it to my
movie collection!